yes the drive is formatted as NTFS, i will give this a try
thanks a lot,
EDIT:
I have installed NTFS-3G but it still does not allow me to extract files or convert movies on mac, dmg files do not open either...
I seriously think this is a security issues by windows home server as I cannot even copy the files off the hard drive onto windows xp professional or anything for that matter.
I appreciate the help,
MAXX